A fan project to document as much info about Rank 1 as possible. Consider it my "Thank You!" to them and the many years of great music they've provided us with as well as a helping hand to other Rank 1 fans wanting to know more about them! Enjoy your stay ;)

Thursday, March 19, 1998

Trivia

TranceAddict Top 250 DJ Poll ResultsRank 1 has appeared in every annual TA DJ Poll since the tradition started in 2005 up till the very last one in 2012. Below you will find their rankings throughout the years:2005 Poll | Rank#322006 Poll | Rank#312007 Poll | Rank#462008 Poll | Rank#862009 Poll | Rank#952010 Poll | Rank#1282011 Poll | Rank#982012 Poll | Rank#115

A State Of Trance: Year Mix AppearancesArmin's Yearmix concept has been going strong for nearly 15 years and bar the 2004, 2007, 2014 & 2016 editions, they've always made it on the compilation series with (at least) one to three tracks (max).

"So why did they call it..."Opus 17? - "Opus" stands for "work" in Classical music. So in this case, Opus 17 was their 17th unique, officially released work if you consider the following order of predecessors: (1) The Citrus Juicer, (2) Black Snow, (3) Airwave, (4) Such Is Life, (5) Awakening, (6-13) Symsonic/Cosmomatic/Conspiracy/T.T.C./Down From The Deep/Equilibrium/Passage To The Unknown/Still In My Mind (a.k.a Symsonic album tracks, exact completion order unknown)*, (14) Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom, (15) After Me and (16) Top Gear. Surprised? Top Gear was chosen as the flipside to Opus, but it existed as early as February (mostly likely even January) 2005 as they performed it at Trance Energy that year. They once explained that officially it wasn't going to see a release but the crowd response to it was so massive that Piet & Benno decided to release it after all. The reason for Opus' title might be that they needed a counterpart for Top Gear (not the other way around) and decided to go for a self-explanatory title. Fits their kinda humor, doesn't it?

* In case you are wondering why they weren't mentioned: "Breathing" & "It's Up To You" are alternatives to Airwave and Symsonic respectively, hence they don't count.

100?- 100 refers to its catalogue number: it was High Contrast Recordings' 100th milestone release. I haven't discovered any other '100' reference within the track myself yet. Anyone else have a clue?

7 Instead Of 8? - This one might be the trickiest self-explanatory track yet as it refers to a specific quality of the track's musical content, rather than its order. You see, the title refers to its time signature. Count the claps in the breakdown: as the melody loops you will count 14 (7), rather than 16 (8), the latter being more common in Electronic music.

13.11.11? - The 13.11.11 title = its release date (reversed for you nitpicky-nagging folks :P) = its exact BPM = its duration. That's about as High Concept as a Recording can get!

Random TriviaDid you know that by 2016, Rank 1 have covered 15/26 letters of the alphabet in the first letters of their own productions? See below:A - Airwave | Awakening | After Me | And Then...B - Black Snow | Breathing (Airwave) | Beats At Rank-1 DotcomC - Conspiracy | CosmomaticD - Down From The DeepE - Equilibrium | Elements Of NatureF - Floorlifter | FreudenrauschG - H -I - It's Up To You (Symsonic)J - JunoK -L - Life Less Ordinary | L.E.D. There Be LightM -N -O - Opus 17P - Passage To The UnknownQ -R -S - Such Is Life | Symsonic | Still In My Mind | Symfo | SuperstringT - The Citrus Juicer | T.T.C. | Top Gear | This World Is Watching Me | The Great Escape | This World Is So AmazingU -V -W - Witness | Wild And Perfect DayX -Y -Z - Zenith